Fatima Syed

Fatima Syed worked as a reporter for National Observer in 2018 and 2019. She was previously a reporter on the Breaking News desk for The Toronto Star, with an eye for diversity, social justice and international issues. A graduate of the University of Toronto, she earned her Masters in Journalism at Ryerson University. She was an editorial fellow at The Walrus and has written as well for Spacing and This Magazine. She now works at The Logic.

Twenty minutes of the Oct. 7 debate were allocated for a discussion about Indigenous issues among all six Canadian federal leaders. But as quickly as this segment began, it derailed into a haphazard conversation about pipelines, Quebec and climate change.

While Canada's federal leaders took to the election campaign trail at home, Canadian mayors took to the United Nations to listen, learn and promote best sustainable practices and nature-based solutions in cities.

Canadians are increasingly coming to the same conclusion about the climate crisis. But, oil and gas producers are throwing money behind data-driven attempts to subvert it, a National Observer investigation shows.